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Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, Mohammad Ashraf Ghani, shake hands prior to their luncheon talks, in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

A stranglehold broken: Asian geopolitics shifts

India was forced to ship the biscuits through a long and circuitous route via Bandar Abbas port in Iran.

30 Oct 2017 6:43 PM GMT

Afghanistan Foreign Minister Salahuddin Rabbani shakes hands with Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj as they exchange agreements in New Delhi. (Photo: AP)

Wheat for Afghans sent via Chabahar

It may be recalled Pakistan is an obstacle to the direct India-Afghan trade route that passes through Pakistani...

29 Oct 2017 8:13 PM GMT

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Wednesday directed the Indian High Commission in Islamabad to issue visa to a Pakistani child for medical treatment in India. (Photo: File | PTI)

Sushma flags off 1st wheat shipment to Afghanistan honouring...

Sushma Swaraj also renewed the commitment to work closely with regional and international partners to bring peace in...

29 Oct 2017 9:11 AM GMT

Union Road Transport and Shipping Minister Nitin Gadkari. (Photo: PTI)

Govt mulls panel for strategic Iranian port

Chabahar Port to be operational by 2018.

27 Oct 2017 7:19 PM GMT

Union Minister for External Affairs Sushma Swaraj during an interaction with women and girl students at a Women Townhall in Ahmedabad. (Photo: PTI)

India will not shut embassy in North Korea

Foreign minister Sushma Swaraj said India's trade with North Korea is minimal and that it has a small' embassy in...

25 Oct 2017 10:04 PM GMT

Indian Finance Minister Arun Jaitley speaks at a event organized by US-India Strategic Partnership Forum and FICCI in Boston (Photo: PTI)

Oil payment, other issues with Iran resolved: Jaitley

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley also said that the Chabahar Port is very 'strategic' for India as it will serve both Iran...

15 Oct 2017 4:56 AM GMT

India has committed USD 500 million to the Chabahar port that it is building as a way to bypass Pakistan and crack open a trade and transport route to landlocked Afghanistan, as well as the resource-rich countries of central Asia. (Photo: AFP)

India to open trade with Afghanistan through Iran sea route bypassing...

Delhi plans to send seven shipments of wheat to Afghanistan through Chabahar by the end of January.

7 Nov 2017 8:29 AM GMT

The Iranian side earlier had requested India to provide up to 150 million dollar credit and had made it a condition for activation of the Chabahar Port contract. (Photo: AFP/File)

India cracks open Iran sea route to Afghanistan, bypassing rival

India has committed $500 million to the Chabahar port that it is building as a way to bypass rival Pakistan.

7 Nov 2017 4:33 AM GMT

Though Dubai depends less on oil income, fluctuations in crude oil prices have affected all sectors of its economy. The slowdown took its toll on the small and unorganised sectors in the form of unpaid outstanding dues for companies, unpaid wages for workers and large scale job losses.

India welcomes waivers on Iran oil, port project

It may be recalled that the Chabahar port project will give India sea-land connectivity to Afghanistan and central Asia...

9 Nov 2018 8:49 PM GMT

In May 2016, India, Iran and Afghanistan had inked a pact which entailed the establishment of Transit and Transport Corridor among the three countries using Chabahar Port as one of the regional hubs for sea transportation in Iran. (Photo: File | AP)

India exempted from certain US sanctions over Chabahar port in Iran

US on Monday imposed 'the toughest ever' sanctions on a defiant Iran aimed at altering the Iranian regime's 'behaviour'.

7 Nov 2018 3:59 AM GMT

New Delhi is hoping for waivers from the US to escape any sanctions when it (India) continues to buy Iranian oil after November 4.

India may ignore US' 'my way or highway' on oil

The US had set that deadline for countries across the globe to either fall in line or face sanctions.

31 Oct 2018 6:51 PM GMT

Chinese analysts said the Jiwani base was not necessary for China at present as it already has Gwadar. (Photo: AP)

China denies plans to build military base in Pakistan near Chabahar...

According to reports, Pak may allow China to build military base in Jiwani which is also close the Gwadar port being...

9 Jan 2018 10:42 AM GMT